Kenya reminded me of what's important: the beauty of the earth, good food, and fellowship. When I return from the Serengeti, my brain feels new. It's as if the hot African sun sears away mental fog. You can replicate this--closer to home. MORE

Like many African nations, Kenya was awash in schools, both public and private. The founders decided to go the for-profit route because they thought it was the best way to fine-tune the schools and scale quickly, says Kimmelman, speaking by phone from Kenya. MORE

Another team called Project Local, was also working on designing containers for maternity wards in Kenya." We are almost finished with our first prototype, which is a maternity ward that will be donated to a charity in Kenya by the end of this summer," Palermo says. MORE

and Kenya. From their website: While microfinance has helped millions, many people have been left out: Think remote rural villages in Kenya or recent refugees with no credit history in the United States. This has been a big year for advances in business funding. MORE

Rocio Perez-Ochoa , co-founder of Bidhaa Sasa , which finances and distributes household goods that can improve families’ quality of life in rural Kenya. Successful founders believe anything is possible but they build strong founding teams to achieve their startup dreams. MORE

First up in our speaker spotlight series is an edited transcript of our Q&A with Rocio Perez-Ochoa , co-founder of Bidhaa Sasa , a non-profit working to distribute beneficial goods to rural communities in Kenya. Fix the distribution bottleneck in rural Kenya. “My In some countries, like Kenya, the vast majority are not connected to the grid because there is no grid. There are literally hundreds of thousands of potential family clients in our region in Western Kenya. “We MORE

Lauren’s inner search began by working with rescued elephants in Thailand and from there moved on to Kenya to volunteer at a school. [ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Like many entrepreneurs I’ve always had a strong urge to help other people, not just directly helping customers with my business, but in a broader social sense too. Donating to charities is great, but I’ve never felt. MORE

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation. MORE

Now Kenya wants to buy some IOMAX USA Inc., based in Mooresville, modifies crop dusters into surveillance planes fortified with such weapons as Hellfire missiles. The United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia use them to protect their borders. MORE

Kenya had one of the largest increases, and jumped 13 spots to 22nd for the month of November. For November 2012 we are noticing an interesting trend of product ready companies declining, while concept stage companies are rising. This trend is mostly led by a decrease in product ready internet web service companies in the US, Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom, and with an increase in concept stage companies in Spain, India, Brazil and the United States. MORE

Mark Fidelo, the creative director of Young & Rubicam, took a risk hiring Festus Mbuimwe from Kenya who responded to a job opening he was clearly was under qualified for. The traditional way to hire is to decide what Mr. or Ms. Right is like and then go find the closest match. MORE

Some of the countries with faster internet include Kenya, Lithuania, Slovenia, Moldova and many developing economies. We don’t really have the internet in Australia. I mean, sure we are connected to it, but we aren’t even in the top 50 countries for internet speeds. MORE

It is not lost on me that Mpesa was launched by and is owned by the dominant local carrier in Kenya. Benedict Evans tweeted out this chart yesterday: We sometimes think of the shift to mobile as finished, or almost finished. It isn’t. pic.twitter.com/l5gaiMlaoU. Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) March 12, 2016. MORE

Both Taiwan and Kenya have made agreements to exchange water technology and data revolving with Israel. I was fortunate to attend the party over at WATEC Israel 2011’s Cleanvest Summit. This is a pre-WATEC summit where startups got a chance to present their ideas to investors and hopefully have someone catch their bait. Cleanvest spotlighted companies from all over the clean energy spectrum, while the rest of the 3 day event exhibited water related technology companies. MORE

Penda improves health care in Kenya. Koczela is enthusiastic about the entrepreneurial spirit in Kenya: “You are working from seven a.m. Who doesn’t want this guy for a lunch date? At a cat cafe, you can dine surrounded by felines. MORE

When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone. MORE

Over time they became cheaper, and now they''re huge in places like Kenya. While I don''t think it''s reasonable to expect villages in Kenya to be buying Matternet in two years, if you think eight to ten years out, it will be in the realm of what''s possible." MORE

George Ouma – Kenya George Ouma is a tailor from Nzanza, Kenya. People living in countries like Kenya and Nigeria are incredibly thankful for the fact that this technology to send mobile payments exists. MORE

As the capital of Kenya, and the most populous city in Eastern Africa, Nairobi is fast-becoming a technology epicenter. An agile mobile banking system is providing new market opportunity for digital entrepreneurs MORE

Have you been to Kenya or Tanzania during the annual wildebeest (and zebra and others) migration? It is an amazing sight to see the thundering herds seek out greener pastures. The New Florence blog feels as dynamic. Through July, there. Innovative Business Uses of Technology MORE

In Living Color – Kenya Barris brings “black-ish” to life as a modern era family sitcom, able to confront race and class directly. I’m on vacation this week back East with my family. One of my personal anachronisms is a love of print magazines. Since so much of my life is spent in front of a screen, I can’t imagine reading longer articles or books in the same format I do email. MORE

Recently named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business , Dehtiar currently produces in Ethiopia, Liberia and Kenya--with plans to expand Oliberté to Cameroon, Congo, Uganda and Zambia. Need a little inspiration? MORE

In Living Color – Kenya Barris brings “black-ish” to life as a modern era family sitcom, able to confront race and class directly. I’m on vacation this week back East with my family. One of my personal anachronisms is a love of print magazines. Since so much of my life is spent in front of a screen, I can’t imagine reading longer articles or books in the same format I do email. MORE

Waabeh : Kenya''s answer to iTunes seeks to empower artists with easy upload and distribution tools that offer higher sales royalties. With a number of American companies funneling money into the continent, Africa has become a hotbed of new businesses. Here''s a look at the best of the bunch. MORE

kenya’s winner Sematime makes it easy for people to send bills and invoices to large groups of contacts via SMS. We were surprised at how many female entrepreneurs pitched in the competition, particularly in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania. MORE

One only needs to look at the example of M-Pesa in Kenya to see how digital currency can impact the underserved. When I first learned of Bitcoin, I thought of M-Pesa and how it had empowered so much of Kenya’s population. We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact. – Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). MORE

Sole to Soul: Helping Kenya's Kids As somebody who has personally seen the poverty in East Africa, I know that these three girls are making a big difference These five short videos will remind you what's important in life and work. MORE

My aunt Kemie teaching children in Kenya to read. I recently finished my aunt Kemie’s book, A Book Teacher for Every School , about her experiences bringing thousands and thousands of books to children in Kenya for decades. I love her. MORE

When I was in high school, my friends and I set up a giving tree outside the school library, as a fundraiser for the Harambee Centre, an organization which provides, among other things, ambulatory services; and which builds schools for children in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. MORE

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation. MORE

Nairobi, Kenya. Every year there’s a list of cities that have been researched to be the best of some category. There are the “most livable,” cities and the “happiest,” the “Best for VC Capital” and more, but can you put a measure on the cities with the most possibility? MORE

In the first segment, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa are featured: African entrepreneurship has really been moving forward for some time now. A while back I invested in a company called Mobius Motors , which is based in Kenya. MORE

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. MORE

An American woman goes to Kenya, by chance meets a young orphan boy, and in time their lives are forever changed. They''re great. And they''ll help you become greater. I promise they''re all good: 1. Step Up: Lead in Six Moments That Matter, by Henry Evans and Colm Foster. MORE

Fraudulent Mobile Airtime Transfers Report One of the best examples of airtime transfers, NPMs or M-Payments is an operation found in Kenya. In 2007, Kenya’s Safaricom launched its pioneering mobile payment program called “M-Pesa.” chaganomics.blogspot.com. Translate. MORE

First up in our speaker spotlight series is an edited transcript of our Q&A with Rocio Perez-Ochoa , co-founder of Bidhaa Sasa , a non-profit working to distribute beneficial goods to rural communities in Kenya. Fix the distribution bottleneck in rural Kenya. “My In some countries, like Kenya, the vast majority are not connected to the grid because there is no grid. There are literally hundreds of thousands of potential family clients in our region in Western Kenya. “We

Now Kenya wants to buy some IOMAX USA Inc., based in Mooresville, modifies crop dusters into surveillance planes fortified with such weapons as Hellfire missiles. The United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia use them to protect their borders.

Some of the countries with faster internet include Kenya, Lithuania, Slovenia, Moldova and many developing economies. We don’t really have the internet in Australia. I mean, sure we are connected to it, but we aren’t even in the top 50 countries for internet speeds.

As the capital of Kenya, and the most populous city in Eastern Africa, Nairobi is fast-becoming a technology epicenter. An agile mobile banking system is providing new market opportunity for digital entrepreneurs

George Ouma – Kenya George Ouma is a tailor from Nzanza, Kenya. People living in countries like Kenya and Nigeria are incredibly thankful for the fact that this technology to send mobile payments exists.

It is not lost on me that Mpesa was launched by and is owned by the dominant local carrier in Kenya. Benedict Evans tweeted out this chart yesterday: We sometimes think of the shift to mobile as finished, or almost finished. It isn’t. pic.twitter.com/l5gaiMlaoU. Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) March 12, 2016.

When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone.

One only needs to look at the example of M-Pesa in Kenya to see how digital currency can impact the underserved. When I first learned of Bitcoin, I thought of M-Pesa and how it had empowered so much of Kenya’s population. We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact. – Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company).

Have you been to Kenya or Tanzania during the annual wildebeest (and zebra and others) migration? It is an amazing sight to see the thundering herds seek out greener pastures. The New Florence blog feels as dynamic. Through July, there. Innovative Business Uses of Technology

Sole to Soul: Helping Kenya's Kids As somebody who has personally seen the poverty in East Africa, I know that these three girls are making a big difference These five short videos will remind you what's important in life and work.

My aunt Kemie teaching children in Kenya to read. I recently finished my aunt Kemie’s book, A Book Teacher for Every School , about her experiences bringing thousands and thousands of books to children in Kenya for decades. I love her.

In the first segment, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa are featured: African entrepreneurship has really been moving forward for some time now. A while back I invested in a company called Mobius Motors , which is based in Kenya.

Kenya had one of the largest increases, and jumped 13 spots to 22nd for the month of November. For November 2012 we are noticing an interesting trend of product ready companies declining, while concept stage companies are rising. This trend is mostly led by a decrease in product ready internet web service companies in the US, Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom, and with an increase in concept stage companies in Spain, India, Brazil and the United States.

George Ouma – Kenya George Ouma is a tailor from Nzanza, Kenya. People living in countries like Kenya and Nigeria are incredibly thankful for the fact that this technology to send mobile payments exists.

It is not lost on me that Mpesa was launched by and is owned by the dominant local carrier in Kenya. Benedict Evans tweeted out this chart yesterday: We sometimes think of the shift to mobile as finished, or almost finished. It isn’t. pic.twitter.com/l5gaiMlaoU. Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) March 12, 2016.

When I first met with founder Bill Barhydt and he described the vision, I immediately thought of M-Pesa, the mobile money network in Kenya. M-Pesa has built physical kiosks throughout Kenya for fund disbursement of transactions occurring over the mobile phone.

and Kenya. From their website: While microfinance has helped millions, many people have been left out: Think remote rural villages in Kenya or recent refugees with no credit history in the United States. This has been a big year for advances in business funding.

Like many African nations, Kenya was awash in schools, both public and private. The founders decided to go the for-profit route because they thought it was the best way to fine-tune the schools and scale quickly, says Kimmelman, speaking by phone from Kenya.

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation.

An American woman goes to Kenya, by chance meets a young orphan boy, and in time their lives are forever changed. They''re great. And they''ll help you become greater. I promise they''re all good: 1. Step Up: Lead in Six Moments That Matter, by Henry Evans and Colm Foster.

Fraudulent Mobile Airtime Transfers Report One of the best examples of airtime transfers, NPMs or M-Payments is an operation found in Kenya. In 2007, Kenya’s Safaricom launched its pioneering mobile payment program called “M-Pesa.” chaganomics.blogspot.com. Translate.

When I was in high school, my friends and I set up a giving tree outside the school library, as a fundraiser for the Harambee Centre, an organization which provides, among other things, ambulatory services; and which builds schools for children in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

kenya’s winner Sematime makes it easy for people to send bills and invoices to large groups of contacts via SMS. We were surprised at how many female entrepreneurs pitched in the competition, particularly in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania.

Lauren’s inner search began by working with rescued elephants in Thailand and from there moved on to Kenya to volunteer at a school. [ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Like many entrepreneurs I’ve always had a strong urge to help other people, not just directly helping customers with my business, but in a broader social sense too. Donating to charities is great, but I’ve never felt.

In Living Color – Kenya Barris brings “black-ish” to life as a modern era family sitcom, able to confront race and class directly. I’m on vacation this week back East with my family. One of my personal anachronisms is a love of print magazines. Since so much of my life is spent in front of a screen, I can’t imagine reading longer articles or books in the same format I do email.

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation.

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone.

Nairobi, Kenya. Every year there’s a list of cities that have been researched to be the best of some category. There are the “most livable,” cities and the “happiest,” the “Best for VC Capital” and more, but can you put a measure on the cities with the most possibility?

Waabeh : Kenya''s answer to iTunes seeks to empower artists with easy upload and distribution tools that offer higher sales royalties. With a number of American companies funneling money into the continent, Africa has become a hotbed of new businesses. Here''s a look at the best of the bunch.

Both Taiwan and Kenya have made agreements to exchange water technology and data revolving with Israel. I was fortunate to attend the party over at WATEC Israel 2011’s Cleanvest Summit. This is a pre-WATEC summit where startups got a chance to present their ideas to investors and hopefully have someone catch their bait. Cleanvest spotlighted companies from all over the clean energy spectrum, while the rest of the 3 day event exhibited water related technology companies.

In Living Color – Kenya Barris brings “black-ish” to life as a modern era family sitcom, able to confront race and class directly. I’m on vacation this week back East with my family. One of my personal anachronisms is a love of print magazines. Since so much of my life is spent in front of a screen, I can’t imagine reading longer articles or books in the same format I do email.

Mark Fidelo, the creative director of Young & Rubicam, took a risk hiring Festus Mbuimwe from Kenya who responded to a job opening he was clearly was under qualified for. The traditional way to hire is to decide what Mr. or Ms. Right is like and then go find the closest match.

Penda improves health care in Kenya. Koczela is enthusiastic about the entrepreneurial spirit in Kenya: “You are working from seven a.m. Who doesn’t want this guy for a lunch date? At a cat cafe, you can dine surrounded by felines.

Kenya reminded me of what's important: the beauty of the earth, good food, and fellowship. When I return from the Serengeti, my brain feels new. It's as if the hot African sun sears away mental fog. You can replicate this--closer to home.

Over time they became cheaper, and now they''re huge in places like Kenya. While I don''t think it''s reasonable to expect villages in Kenya to be buying Matternet in two years, if you think eight to ten years out, it will be in the realm of what''s possible."

Recently named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business , Dehtiar currently produces in Ethiopia, Liberia and Kenya--with plans to expand Oliberté to Cameroon, Congo, Uganda and Zambia. Need a little inspiration?

Another team called Project Local, was also working on designing containers for maternity wards in Kenya." We are almost finished with our first prototype, which is a maternity ward that will be donated to a charity in Kenya by the end of this summer," Palermo says.